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mutares AG Acquires PIXmania SAS

On December 31, 2013, private equity firm mutares AG acquired e-commerce company PIXmania SAS from Dixons Retail

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is mutares AG’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is mutares AG’s 5th transaction in France.
Investment Fate
  • PIXmania SAS was sold to a strategic buyer in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-12-31
Target PIXmania SAS
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) mutares AG
Sellers(s) Dixons Retail
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

PIXmania SAS

Paris, France
PIXmania SAS is a European e-commerce website. It promotes a variety of products, including consumer electronics and baby products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

mutares AG

Munich, Germany

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2008
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

mutares AG (MUX:Berlin) is a publicly traded German holding group that acquires controlling stakes in small and medium-sized companies. mutares looks for businesses facing special situations, such as non-core divestitures, succession issues, or in need of restructuring. Target companies generally have at least €10 million in revenues. mutares does not have any sector preferences. mutares AG was formed in 2008 and is based in Munich.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 52
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 11 of 39
Country: France M&A 5 of 15
Year: 2013 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-28 HIB Trim Part Solutions Bruchsal & Co. KG

Vilsbiburg, Germany

HIB Trim Part Solutions (before: Dräxlmaier Decorative Design) develops, manufactures and distributes trim parts for the interior of passenger cars. The business unit occupies more than 1’000 employees at its German sites in Vilsbiburg and Bruchsal as well as in Codlea/Romania. In 2009, sales were in the upper two-digit millions range. Among HIB’s customers are the leading automotive OEMs of the industry’s premium segment.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-08 Société Nouvelle CGVL SASU

Lyon, France

SN CGVL(Société Nouvelle Compagnie Générale de Voitures de Lyon) is an industrial vehicle and driver rental company in France. The company with headquarter in Lyon has over 600 employees. SN CGVL was already founded in 1906 and is very well established in the French market. With the sale of SN CGVL Star’s Service group refocuses on its core competence in the delivery over the “last mile”.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Dixons Retail

Herts, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

Dixons Retail plc is a specialist electrical retailing and services company.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 6
Sector: E-Commerce M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 6
Country: France M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-31 Electro world Ic Ve Dis Ticaret A.S

Istanbul, Turkey

Electro world Ic Ve Dis Ticaret A.S (Electroworld Turkey) is a retailer of electrical equipment.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-07 Elkjøp Norge AS

Lorenskog, Norway

Elkjøp Norge AS is a retail consumer electronics based in Lorenskog, Norway. Company products includes hardware, printer, keyboards and mice, software, network, fax machines, telephones, mobile phones, digital cameras etc.

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